Ca'Del Bosco Ca'Del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Prestige 75cl

GRAPE VARIETY: 82% Chardonnay, 1.5% Pinot Bianco, 16.5% Pinot Nero

VINEYARD: Grapes are sourced from a range of vineyards with average ages of between twenty-two and thirty years, in the provinces of Erbusco, Adro, Cazzago San Martino, Corte Franca, Iseo and Passirano. The grapes were hand-harvested.

After picking, the grapes were chilled, sorted by vineyard and then went through a three stage cleaning and drying process, before crushing. The juice then underwent alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks and the base wines were then aged for seven months in tank, before being blended with twenty to thirty percent of reserve wines. The resulting cuvee then underwent secondary fermentation in bottle and maturation on its lees for twenty-five months, before being diagnosed using a patented technique, in the absence of oxygen. The final composition is a blend of 68% of wines from the 2020 vintage, 29& from 2019, and 3% from 2018.

TASTING NOTE: An extremely classy example of Granciacorta, combining rich flavours of toasted brioche, butterscotch, baked apricots, and almonds with subtle herbaceous notes and a clean, refreshing acidity.